{"id":3637,"date":"2023-04-26T16:38:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T21:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=3637"},"modified":"2023-04-26T16:38:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T21:38:34","slug":"jd-pickell-expects-old-bama-offense-to-return-to-crimson-tide-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/jd-pickell-expects-old-bama-offense-to-return-to-crimson-tide-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"JD PicKell expects \u2018Old Bama\u2019 offense to return to Crimson Tide in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alabama<\/a><\/strong> will have a new quarterback in 2023, likely replacing Bryce Young<\/a><\/strong> with one of Ty Simpson<\/a><\/strong> or Jalen Milroe<\/a><\/strong> (absent an unexpected transfer). While both quarterbacks are plenty talented and capable, On3\u2019s<\/em> J.D. PicKell<\/strong> thinks the transition from a Heisman-caliber player to a less-rarified tier of quarterback lends itself to Alabama looking a little more old-school.<\/p>\n

While the Crimson Tide will surely still want to pass and hit downfield shots, PicKell expects a greater dosage of the power running and stout defense that defined Alabama during the first half of Nick Saban\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> tenure as head coach in Tuscaloosa. In a lot of ways, the expectation is for \u201cold \u2018Bama\u201d to make a comeback.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd some of y\u2019all are starting to perk up a bit now that we said old \u2018Bama. You\u2019re saying \u2018OK, I like old \u2018Bama. Old \u2018Bama won a lot of national titles.\u2019 Yes they did. Now the good news for \u2018Bama fans, that formula of old \u2018Bama is kind of like playing bully ball but also being balanced and throwing the football well and also playing good defense. That\u2019s the kind of formula that teams are using to win right now,\u201d PicKell said<\/a>. \u201cAt one point in time it was \u2018Let\u2019s score 60, try and catch us.\u2019 Shout out Joe Burrow<\/a><\/strong> and LSU<\/a><\/strong>. I think the game has leant itself a little bit more now to that balanced style of football that Alabama used to play. So you still have the vertical passing game, but it\u2019s going to be very much in an effort to impose your will physically on the opposition. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo that\u2019s going to be \u2018Bama. The balance is going to be what wins. And the quarterback position is going to be a part of that balance. Do not get it twisted.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Alabama needs from the quarterback to make an offense based on running and play-action shots work is simple: Be a game manager with upside.<\/p>\n

PicKell explained that while many are immediately turned off by the game manager term, it\u2019s really about limiting mistakes and keeping things on schedule within the structure of the offense. Any team would gladly take that. And the quarterbacks can provide the X factor to the offense, showing they\u2019re more than a game manager, too.<\/p>\n

PicKell made an unexpected comparison when explaining what he\u2019d want out of either Alabama quarterback in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause whoever ends up being the Alabama quarterback, game manager is a part of that, but you need to be able to hit the open shot. Like I would think more J.J. McCarthy<\/a><\/strong> and less Jacob Coker<\/strong>, if you catch my drift,\u201d PicKell said. \u201cJ.J. McCarthy, not to get too off track here, did a lot of things for Michigan<\/a><\/strong> last year where I don\u2019t know if they win some of those football games \u2014 especially the Ohio State<\/a><\/strong> football game \u2014 if he doesn\u2019t make the plays vertically that he makes. And when I say open shots, I mean we\u2019re going to run the football at you so when those receivers get open, gotta hit \u2019em. Got to hit them. Because we don\u2019t get too many more shots at that if we miss deep.\u201d<\/p>\n

In short, Alabama is replacing a Heisman winning quarterback with a player who is unproven and the way to protect against a big drop off is simple in PicKell\u2019s eyes: Get back to dominating opponents in the trenches and run the ball.<\/p>\n

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